THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
IT'S GREEK, ALSO ITALIAN, FRENCH, AND SIGN LANGUAGE TO THE LAYMAN
At this Duane Street Terminal of the Erie Railroad, in New York City, some 500 dealers attend
the daily fruit auctions. There is a babel of tongues, but the bidding is largely by signals, a tilt of
cigar, despite the sign, a finger to left eyebrow. When buying is brisk, the bidders jump from
their seats like schoolboys playing "handies" to attract the auctioneer's attention.
Photographs by J. Baylor Koberts
BENEATH SKYSCRAPERS AND BUSY STREETS BURROW GRAND CENTRAL TRACKS
In rush hours 60 trains an hour pass over these rails to and from the platform tracks beyond
the lights. The columns are some of thousands which support skyscrapers and streets above the
tracks (see page 580).
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